NetWalker PC-T1: Sharp announces mini tablet for Japan for next month

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The iPad hasn’t landed in Japan yet, giving domestic competitors some room for their own announcements for tablet PCs. Sharp, for example, today unveiled [JP] the NetWalker PC-T1, which looks like a tablet variant of the PC-Z1 the company introduced last year. Both models look pretty similar, it’s just that the older device lost the keyboard to become the T1.

Featuring a screen size of just 5 inches, the PC-T1 is still really tiny, but the TFT boasts 1,024×600 resolution and is LED back-lit. Other specs include:

OS: Ubuntu 9.04

800MHz Freescale i.MX515 CPU

512 of memory (fixed)

1.5GB of storage space

Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g

USB port, microUSB port

SD/SDHC card slot

Bluetooth 2.1＋EDR

pre-installed software: FireFox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org etc.

weight: 280g (120g less than the PC-Z1)

battery life: 6 hours (4 hours less than the PC-Z1)

Sharp plans to start selling the PC-T1 in Japan in late May in two colors (silver and black). It will cost a whopping $510 in this country, but if you live outside Japan, you can pre-order the device now for $654 at Geek Stuff 4U (they’ll ship it anywhere).